Presented by the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), the award recognizes individuals who have “made outstanding contributions to the growth of the research culture of architecture and related fields.” A pioneer and leading scholar in the field of inclusive design, Steinfeld’s research centers on designing products and built environments that are more accessible, safe and friendly for all people, including those who are often marginalized. Steinfeld, ArchD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Architecture, will receive one of his field’s most significant honors: the James Haecker Award for Distinguished Leadership in Architectural Research. In response, WNYREDC, with the Brookings Institution, McKinsey & Company and the UB Regional Institute, developed the “Buffalo Billion Investment Development Plan,” a market analysis and investment strategy based on the Plan’s framework. Cuomo pledged to invest $1 billion in WNY over 10 years to leverage private investment.
To date, over 8,600 citizens have engaged in the planning process, which includes annual progress reports to monitor and adapt the Plan. The Plan, which emphasizes smart growth, workforce development, entrepreneurship and the region’s strategic industry clusters, won the state’s “Best Plan” award in 2011. Andrew Cuomo’s restructured, bottom-up approach to state economic development. A “Strategy for Prosperity in Western New York” (the Plan) is a five-year roadmap for the region that responds to Gov. The work also recently received a 2014 Planning Excellence Award for Best Practice from the Upstate New York chapter of the American Planning Association. Western New York’s new economic development plan, the product of a major community-based planning effort led by the WNY Regional Economic Development Council (WNYREDC) and Empire State Development in partnership with the UB Regional Institute, has been recognized by the International Economic Development Council with a 2014 Excellence in Economic Development Silver Award. He holds a PhD in urban and regional planning from the University of Michigan, a Master of Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University. Nicholas Rajkovich, PhD, AIA, focuses his research investigations on the intersection of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and adaptation to climate change. Ozay received his B.Arch degree from Middle East Technical University in Ankara and his M.Arch II degree from Harvard GSD. An Aga Khan Fellow (2011-13) at the Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, he has also explored the issues of urban conservation, territorial expansion and transportation infrastructure in the city of Istanbul. Her research interests focus on public space, public buildings and the role of both playfulness and play in shaping these environments.Įrkin Özay is a registered architect and an urbanist whose research focuses on urban asset distribution practices and their spatial impacts on the city.
Julia Jamrozik holds architecture and art degrees from the University of Toronto and an MArch from the University of British Columbia. Her research, teaching, writing and practice operate at the intersection of architecture, urban design and ecological systems. She holds an MArch from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and a BArch from Carleton University in Ottawa. Shannon Bassett is an architectural and urban designer.
With experience in the practice and academic realms of architecture, urban design and urban planning, these new faculty members come with a shared eagerness to engage Buffalo’s regional context in their design inquiry. The Buffalo School is pleased to welcome four new architecture faculty members with the start of the 2014-15 academic year.
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